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Potamogale
Taxonomy
Potamogale was named by Du Chaillu (1860). It is extant. It is the type genus of Potamogalidae.
It was assigned to Potamogalidae by Allman (1866); and to Potamogalinae by Van Valen (1967).
It was assigned to Potamogalidae by Allman (1866); and to Potamogalinae by Van Valen (1967).
Species
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Potamogale Du Chaillu 1860
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Potamogale velox Du Chaillu 1860 [giant otter shrew]
Potamogale velox argens Thomas 1915
Invalid names: Bayonia Barboza du Bocage 1865 [synonym], Mythomys Gray 1861 [objective synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Lillegraven 1979, Allman 1866, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Collections
No collection or age range data are available